14 GENERAL ZOOLOGY 



The genus Homo is grouped with a number of others con- 

 taining ape-like animals in the family Hominidse, and this 

 family in turn is one of those which make up the order 

 Primates, including monkeys of all kinds. Primates is one 

 of the orders of the class Mammalia, which includes all 

 animals which have hair and suckle their young such as 

 bats, seals, whales, hoofed animals, cats, dogs, etc. The 

 class Mammalia is one of half a dozen in the phylum 

 Chordata, one of the primary divisions of the animal 

 kingdom. 



